Peace and Social Justice history

[spazzmann]

Today in Peace and Justice history on June 20, 1967
Boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted in Houston, Texas, of violating the Selective Service law by refusing induction into the U.S. Army (during the Vietnam War) . . . "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong." . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[wavesofeuphoria]

1. thanks for the link to the website ... didn't know about that site :)

nice resource for our history curriculum

[spazzmann]

2. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 21, 1964

Today in Peace and Justice history on June 21, 1964
James Chaney, Andrew Goodman and Michael Schwerner, three young Freedom Summer workers, disappeared in Philadelphia, Mississippi, while registering negroes to vote.
. . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

3. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 22, 1987

At least 8000 peace protesters formed a 10-mile human chain around the U.S. air base on Okinawa, an island that is part of Japan. Subsequent demonstrations and negotiations between the U.S. and Japan have led to the prospective closing of the U.S. Marine Corps' Futemma Air Station. see more peace history > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

4. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 24, 1970

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly to repeal the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution. The resolution, which had authorized the president “to take all necessary measures to repel any armed attack against the forces of the United States,” was used by President Lyndon Johnson, absent a formal congressional, and constitutional, declaration of war, to justify open-ended pursuit of war in Vietnam. To access the entire year of peace and social justice history > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryindex.htm

[spazzmann]

5. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 25, 1978

240,000 people marched in San Francisco, California, in opposition to an anti-gay statewide ballot Proposition 6 initiated by State Sen. John Briggs. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[loose wheel]

14. It may have past except that a former governor opposed it.

The name of the governor may be a surprise.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briggs_Initiative

I know we aren't supposed to say anything nice about Republicans, but he was right on this issue, and took a large risk with his future political fortunes by publicly opposing it in a letter, a press conference, and an editorial.

[spazzmann]

6. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 26, 1918

Pacifist and socialist organizer Eugene V. Debs was arrested for having given an anti-war speech in Canton, Ohio, ten days earlier. He was charged with "uttering words intended to cause insubordination and disloyalty within the American forces of the United States, to incite resistance to the war . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[el_bryanto]

7. Debs was a good guy; puts the lie to the canard that socialism was all foreign

Which I guess people don't tell as much anymore anyway.

Great resource.

Bryant

[ananda]

15. Read John Steinbeck's labor books..

.. such as In Dubious Battle.

Steinbeck talks about Debs quite often.

The title, In Dubious Battle, by the way, derives from
Milton's Paradise Lost, Book One. See:

And to the fierce contention brought along 100
Innumerable force of Spirits armed,
That durst dislike his reign, and, me preferring,
His utmost power with adverse power opposed
In dubious battle on the plains of Heaven,
And shook his throne. What though the field be lost? 105
All is not lost—the unconquerable will,
And study of revenge, immortal hate,
And courage never to submit or yield:
And what is else not to be overcome.

[spazzmann]

8. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 27, 1973

President Nixon's former White House counsel, John W. Dean, III, told the Senate Watergate Committee about Nixon's “enemies list.” . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

9. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 28, 1969

Patrons at the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York City's Greenwich Village, being subjected to routine anti-homosexual harassment by the New York City police raiding the bar, spontaneously fought back in an incident considered to be the birth of the gay rights movement. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

10. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 29, 1963

A mass “walk-on” (trespass) was organized at a chemical and biological warfare facility in Porton Down, England. These weaponized agents had been researched and produced there since 1916; it’s now known as the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory. To access the entire year of peace and social justice history > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryindex.htm

[spazzmann]

11. Today in Peace and Justice history on June 30, 1966

The first GIs—known as the Fort Hood Three, U.S. Army Privates James Johnson, Dennis Mora and David Samas—refused to be sent to Vietnam. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

12. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 1, 1972

Publication of the first monthly issue of Ms. Magazine, founded by Gloria Steinem (“The truth will set you free. But first, it will piss you off”). . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm Get a new Sisterhood is Powerful button at http://peacebuttons.info/orderpp.htm#sisterhoodispowerfulbutton

[spazzmann]

13. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 2, 1964

U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 into law, thus barring discrimination in public accommodations (restaurants, stores, theatres, etc.), employment, and voting. The law had survived an 83-day filibuster in the U.S. Senate by 21 members from southern states. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

16. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 3, 1966

4000 Britons chanting, “Hands off Vietnam,” demonstrated in London against escalation of the Vietnam War. U.S. warplanes had recently bombed the North Vietnamese capital of Hanoi as well as the port city of Haiphong. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

17. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 4, 1969

“Give Peace a Chance” by the Plastic Ono Band was released in the United Kingdom. 
The song was recorded May 31, 1969, during the “Bed-In” John Lennon and Yoko Ono staged at the Queen Elizabeth's Hotel in Montreal as part of their honeymoon. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

18. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 6, 1965

As many as 500 students in Berkeley, California, attempted to block trains carrying troops destined for Vietnam along the Santa Fe Railroad tracks; there were no casualties. Organized by the Vietnam Day Committee, this was the first civil disobedience at UC-Berkeley against the Vietnam War. Access the entire year of peace and social justice history > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryindex.htm

[spazzmann]

19. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 7, 1957

Convened at the onset of the Cold War, a group of scientists (including Albert Einstein and Bertrand Russell) held their first peace conference in the village of Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada. The mission of the Pugwash Conference was to “. . . bring scientific insight and reason to bear on threats to human security arising from science . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

20. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 8, 1958

In an effort called "Omaha Action", part of the Committee for Nonviolent Action (CNVA), anti-nuclear activist Don Fortenberry was arrested after climbing a fence to protest against the builing of ICBM sites in Nebraska.
Also arrested . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

21. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 9, 1955

Albert Einstein, Bertrand Russell and nine other scientists warned that the development of weapons of mass destruction had created a choice between war and survival of the human species. The Russell-Einstein Manifesto . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[H2O Man]

22. Recommended.

"Good stuff!" -- as my oldest son would say.

[spazzmann]

23. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 10, 1985

The Greenpeace flagship, Rainbow Warrior (named after a North American Indian legend), was blown up in Auckland Harbour, New Zealand, killing one and sinking the ship. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

24. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 11, 1968

The American Indian Movement (AIM) was founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by George Mitchell, Dennis Banks, Clyde Bellecourt and 200 others. They gathered to organize in order to deal with widespread and persistent poverty among native Americans, and unjust treatment from all levels of government. Access the entire year of peace and social justice history > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryindex.htm

[spazzmann]

25. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 12, 1974

John Ehrlichman, former top aide to President Richard Nixon, and three others were convicted of conspiring to violate a citizen’s civil rights. Ehrlichman had approved a recommendation for a covert investigation of Daniel Ellsberg in 1971 by writing on a memo: "If done under your assurance that it is not traceable." . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

26. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 13, 1985

The first Live Aid concert raised $75 million for agricultural and technical assistance to Africa, many times what was expected. Described as the Woodstock of the ‘80s, the world's biggest rock festival . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

27. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 15, 1978

The Longest Walk, a peaceful transcontinental trek for Native American justice, which had begun with a few hundred departing Alcatraz Island, California, ended this day when they arrived in Washington, D.C. accompanied by 30,000 marchers . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

28. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 16, 1877

Firemen and brakemen for the Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio Railroads refused to work, and refused to let replacements take their jobs. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek-July16-22.2012.htm

[spazzmann]

29. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 17, 1976

The opening ceremony of the 21st Olympic Games in Montreal was marked by the withdrawal of more than twenty African countries, Iraq and Guyana, and their 300 athletes.. . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

30. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 18, 1918

Nelson Mandela was born. He was one of the leaders in the successful fight against apartheid in South Africa and became its first black president. In 1993 he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Access the entire year of peace and social justice history > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/peacehistoryindex.htm

[spazzmann]

31. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 18, 1848

The first Women's Rights Convention in the U.S. was held at Seneca Falls, New York. Its “Declaration of Sentiments” launched the movement of women to be included in the constitution. The Declaration used as a model the U.S. Declaration of Independence . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm

[spazzmann]

32. Today in Peace and Justice history on July 20, 1971

The first labor contract in the history of the federal government was signed by postal worker unions and the newly re-organized U.S. Postal Service. This contract was made possible by the postal strike of March 1970, in which 200,000 postal workers walked off the job, defying federal law. . . . continued > http://www.peacebuttons.info/E-News/thisweek.htm